Chromehounds

by Sega Of America, Inc.

Product Features

• Choose your allegiance - Start in one of three nations, each with its own unique technology and look
• You are responsible for arming and customizing your massive mechanized weapon, but overload it and you won't get very far
• Successful completion of missions will open up valuable new items that will bring you all that much closer to victory
• Online play is no longer supported as of January 2010
• Both first and third person perspectives

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000F1YGMM
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches ; 5 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: July 11, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,317 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Hunt like a pack, or die like a dog, in the Xbox 360's first mech warfare game. / Rated T: Teen Incredibly realistic next-gen effects Hundreds of items to earn

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Uniquely complex game, July 31, 2006

By 

Chip L "chip1978" (Little Rock, AR) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Chromehounds (Video Game)

Chromehounds is a mech simulator. It may sound obvious, but a lot of people seem to think it's the next Mechwarrior. Mechwarrior (for x-box) was an arcade game that was simple to play and easy to learn. Chromehounds is much more difficult to play and the learning curve is very steep.

The single player story mode is shallow and really nothing more than a glorified trainer for the x-box live version. In fact, if you don't have x-box live gold, this game isn't even worth renting.

The graphics run from very good to pretty poor. The mechs look great and are highly detailed. You can customize your mech with a ton of camoflauge patterns and decals. The environments, on the other hand, are pretty sappy. Buildings, grass, and sand look pretty bland.

The mech customization is really the key to play (otherwise equally powered mechs would just be strafing each other and whoever has slightly better aim would win). You can load up on weapons and armor, at the expense of speed. There are TONS of weapons, legs, and cockpits. You can carry missle counters, thermal vision, night vision, and other "assist" parts.

X-box live featurs a "war" with three warring nations. Every player must pick allegiance to one nation (though you can change allegiances) and you can go on missions for your country. The goal of each mission is to destroy the enemy's HQ while defending your own. You also win, but get less points, if you destroy the other team's mechs.

X-box live also features ranked and unranked games so you can just try out your mech against other players before taking it on the campaign.

This game is complex and it takes a while to figure out how to build the right mech for the right mission. My only real complaint is going on missions requires you join up with your squad. If you've ever been in a "clan" on x-box live, you know how hard it is to link up with your team to play other teams. Overall, this game offers a unique mech simulator that assures players won't necessarily be beaten by trash talking 13 year olds with excellent hand eye coordination.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars WARNING! The servers are closed! Do not buy this!, August 18, 2010

By 

Shane A. Steinhauser "longtime gamer and all ... (Iowa) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Chromehounds (Video Game)

The servers for this game have been taken down. The single player mode is little more than a tutorial for the online multiplayer. With the servers down you cannot play multiplayer. So essentially this game is unplayable. If you buy the disk you will be buying little more than a demo.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars DO NOT BUY - servers offline, March 28, 2010

By 

D. Law - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Chromehounds (Video Game)

Sadly, this was an acceptable game with many flaws that was sort of fun. Until they crippled it completely by shutting down the servers. Now it's completely unplayable. You cannot even use the mechs you built with online parts because now all your parts are gone. You can't play with friends, because there is are no servers. You can't even host your own game because they didn't think that far ahead. You can't get 1000 gamer points because there is no online service.

It was maybe 2.5 stars before. I'd give it 0 stars if I could